PMID- 30891496 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200424 LR - 20200424 IS - 2375-2548 (Electronic) IS - 2375-2548 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Human pluripotent stem cell-derived brain pericyte-like cells induce blood-brain barrier properties. PG - eaau7375 LID - 10.1126/sciadv.aau7375 [doi] LID - eaau7375 AB - Brain pericytes play important roles in the formation and maintenance of the neurovascular unit (NVU), and their dysfunction has been implicated in central nervous system disorders. While human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have been used to model other NVU cell types, including brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs), astrocytes, and neurons, hPSC-derived brain pericyte-like cells have not been integrated into these models. In this study, we generated neural crest stem cells (NCSCs), the embryonic precursor to forebrain pericytes, from hPSCs and subsequently differentiated NCSCs to brain pericyte-like cells. These cells closely resembled primary human brain pericytes and self-assembled with endothelial cells. The brain pericyte-like cells induced blood-brain barrier properties in BMECs, including barrier enhancement and reduced transcytosis. Last, brain pericyte-like cells were incorporated with iPSC-derived BMECs, astrocytes, and neurons to form an isogenic human model that should prove useful for the study of the NVU. FAU - Stebbins, Matthew J AU - Stebbins MJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1591-7295 AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Gastfriend, Benjamin D AU - Gastfriend BD AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Canfield, Scott G AU - Canfield SG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1328-7365 AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Lee, Ming-Song AU - Lee MS AD - Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Richards, Drew AU - Richards D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9366-2833 AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Faubion, Madeline G AU - Faubion MG AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Li, Wan-Ju AU - Li WJ AD - Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Daneman, Richard AU - Daneman R AD - Departments of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. FAU - Palecek, Sean P AU - Palecek SP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4917-5584 AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. FAU - Shusta, Eric V AU - Shusta EV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4297-0158 AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 NS083688/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS103844/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008349/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190313 PL - United States TA - Sci Adv JT - Science advances JID - 101653440 RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (NGFR protein, human) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Proteoglycans) RN - 0 (Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor) RN - 0 (chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (PDGFRB protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens/genetics/metabolism MH - Astrocytes/cytology/metabolism MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Endothelial Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Neural Crest/cytology/*metabolism MH - Neurons/cytology/metabolism MH - Pericytes/cytology/*metabolism MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Prosencephalon/cytology/growth & development/metabolism MH - Proteoglycans/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcytosis/*genetics PMC - PMC6415958 EDAT- 2019/03/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/25 06:00 PMCR- 2019/03/13 CRDT- 2019/03/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - aau7375 [pii] AID - 10.1126/sciadv.aau7375 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Adv. 2019 Mar 13;5(3):eaau7375. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau7375. eCollection 2019 Mar.